Fétiche Mascotte (Duffy the Mascot, aka The Mascot, aka Puppet Love, aka The Devil's Ball) (1934), a strange story about a loving dog puppet who practically goes through Hell to get an orange to a dying girl. Director Ladislas Starevich (1882-1965) was a Polish, Russian and French stop-motion animator who used insects and animals as his protagonists.
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dahszil
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June 2, 2014 (edited)
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Wonderfully strange stop motion animation. More humanity - the good, the bad, the ugly,and humour then ... in real life today
Ladislas Starevich was a genius. Just this one film made in early 1930's is enough to immortalize him. Most do not realize how time consuming, creative
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and demanding stop motion animation is. It was and is(the few that still create it)much more difficult and creative overall, than computer animation.
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Futuristfood
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February 1, 2013 Subject:
TOY STORY
Great film, but this version is missing about 6 minutes. Search for The Mascot Complete and Uncut to see the whole film.
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FreeWheelin GHD
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May 18, 2008 Subject:
Une référence
L'ancêtre de Toys Story, en plus poétique. Tim Burton a du voir ce film et y penser en écrivant son Mr Jack. Un vrai plaisir d'enfant en le regardant,
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l'animation est techniquement abouti et l'histoire est émouvante. Starevich, le père spirituel de Nick Park ?